Episode 101: Debating “The Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate”

About Episode 101:

Hosts Tom and Kelvin explore the various perspectives represented in the “Cameras-On vs. Cameras-Off Debate” with an eye toward finding common ground and actionable insights for designing effective synchronous online sessions beyond the emergency ad hoc remote instruction era.

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Coffee Links

• Single Origin Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kochere from Cup to Cup Coffee Roasters (Savannah, GA)
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Content Links

• “TOP” Resources from UCF
  • TOPR: Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
  • TOPkit: Teaching Online Preparation Toolkit
  • TOPcast: The Teaching Online Podcast
• Cameras-On Resources
  • School Principal Blog Posting: “Is it Really Wrong to Make Students Turn On Their Video Camera During Virtual Class?”
  • Teacher Blog Posting: “Cameras On: A Response to the Outrage”
  • Summary of National Survey: “Most Educators Require Kids to Turn Cameras On in Virtual Class, Despite Equity Concerns”
  • From Oregon State University: “Zoom Camera Pros & Cons”
• Cameras-Off Resources
  • Infographic from Appalachian State University: “Camera Use in Zoom: Making the Right Choice for Your Class”
  • OLC Accelerate 2021 Session by Rachel Stern-Lockerman: “Shifting towards a #CamerasOff Paradigm”
  • Research Studies Supporting Cameras-Off by Default
    • Shockley et al. (2021) in Journal of Applied Psychology: “The fatiguing effects of camera use in virtual meetings: A within-person field experiment”
    • Tomprou et al. (2021) in PLOS ONE. “Speaking out of turn: How video conferencing reduces vocal synchrony and collective intelligence”
    • In Inside Higher Ed: (Opinion by Finders & Munoz) “Cameras-On: Surveillance in the Time of COVID-19”
• Book: “The Spectrum of Teaching Styles: From Command to Discovery” (Mosston & Ashworth, 1989)
• Kelvin’s Visual: “A Range of Student Engagement”
• Book: “Remediation: Understanding New Media” (Bolter & Grusin, 1998)
• TOPcast Episode 88: “It Really Always Comes Back to Design”

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)